Whoosh!!
In the pitch-black, gloomy night sky.
A brilliant star suddenly streaked across the heavens, threaded through the city's skyscrapers, and descended from above.
"What is that?" Constantine stared intently at the dazzling starlight.
"Ultraman from the M78 Nebula?" Chas guessed beside him.
The blazing star landed on the Flameflow Blade in an instant. Throughout its descent, Nergal tried to stop it with black magic, but none of his attempts had any effect.
The green flames in Nergal's eye sockets flickered as he fixed his gaze on the man standing amid the ruins, holding aloft a sword burning with holy fire.
"An angel... is this your ultimate move?"
As a Hell Lord, he could sense that the Flameflow Blade in Lynn's hand had just undergone a earthshaking transformation.
Not only that, but the sword also emitted a peculiar signal that pierced the dimensional barrier and reached some distant, unknown place.
The next instant, the holy flame on the Flameflow Blade in Lynn's hand surged.
The searing heat burned the Flameflow Blade away, transforming it into even fiercer golden holy flame that gradually gathered around Lynn.
The Big Bear Outfit returned to the System Inventory, and the golden holy flame coalesced into exquisite golden armor around him.
Rather than scorching his body, the golden holy flame radiated a warm golden light that shone in every direction.
His short black hair gradually turned white and streamed in the air. His face bore an uncompromising, stern expression, and he held two greatswords burning with golden holy flame.
Behind Lynn, the golden holy flame formed six immense pairs of blazing wings, radiating an unimaginably sacred aura.
"Blades in hand, judgment on all sides!"
The instant the holy flame formed golden armor, an immense sacred aura swept outward in every direction.
The crimson mist and demons within Gotham City were swept away the moment that sacred aura spread, as though they had encountered their natural enemy.
"OMG, is he really an angel walking among mortals?"
Not far away, Constantine rubbed his chin.
"Should I trick him into signing a few contracts?"
Back in the United Kingdom, he had conned plenty of angels and demons. Seeing Lynn like this naturally gave him the same idea.
But then he remembered all the demon dicks Lynn had severed, and he shrank back.
Better not con this guy. What if he chops my junk off?
Lynn didn't know whether the Righteous could take down a Hell Lord, but he knew he was ridiculously powerful right now!
His stats had shot straight past their peak, and with an additional group buff, his strength, speed, and intelligence were higher than ever before.
Right now, he was the ultimate stat monster!
Lynn looked at Nergal's towering, hideous body, the corners of his mouth lifting into an arrogant grin.
"Ready to be my dog?"
"Insolence!" Nergal roared. "Even Michael wouldn't dare treat me like this!"
"What the hell are you babbling about? Eat my elbow!"
Lynn abruptly raised his elbow and slammed it toward Nergal like a falling meteor, carrying immense sacred power and endless holy flame.
Boom!
The air compressed in an instant with a piercing explosive crack. Golden holy flame tore through the black mist and struck Nergal head-on.
"This power... how is this possible?!"
Feeling the force behind that elbow, Nergal's expression changed drastically. For the first time, horror flashed in his green-flamed eye sockets.
He hastily channeled all his magic, forming a thick barrier of black armor before him in an attempt to block the fatal blow.
But sacred power was the natural bane of demons-and Lynn was cheating on top of that.
Crack!
His elbow smashed through with unstoppable force and slammed into Nergal's chest.
Nergal's enormous body reeled as though struck by a ten-thousand-ton hammer. His entire face was smashed inward, and black blood mixed with green pus sprayed wildly.
"Fuck! Impossible! Absolutely impossible!!"
Nergal let out a harrowing roar. He simply couldn't believe that an angel had injured his avatar in an instant.
How the fuck does that make sense?
I'm still the avatar of a Hell Lord!
That wasn't the end of it. After Lynn's elbow strike, the Black Boss martial soul behind him also raised his elbow and smashed it viciously into Nergal's face.
Bang! Bang! Bang!!
Elbows imbued with sacred power hammered Nergal's body, even smashing his castle into ruins.
"Damn angel, you've angered me!"
Nergal struggled to get up and cast his black magic, but Lynn's elbows rained down on him like a storm, interrupting his spell outright.
The elbow strikes kept Nergal from standing. He could feel the plague magic within him being rapidly eroded by sacred power.
If he didn't leave now, this avatar would be lost in the mortal world.
Taking advantage of a gap between Lynn's elbow strikes, black mist surged around Nergal, and he reappeared several meters away.
His face was bruised and swollen, and golden holy flame burned all over his body. He was utterly bedraggled, without a trace of a Hell Lord's dignity.
"Trying to run? Too late!" Lynn grinned.
Although letting his opponent escape would also complete the quest, he still wanted to see whether he could devour a Hell Lord with Feast and grow bigger and stronger.
"Za... Warudo!"
An invisible force instantly affected the entire world.
The moving hands of clocks stopped instantly. Flying black blood and green pus froze in midair, and Nergal's fleeing figure was frozen in place as well.
Under that mighty power, time stopped for nine seconds. Only Lynn could move freely.
Lynn flexed his wrists, a crazed grin spreading across his face.
"Nergal, have a taste of my Nergal combo!"
He gripped the holy-flame greatswords in both hands and charged toward Nergal.
The greatswords formed from holy flame slashed at Nergal's five limbs, delivering hundreds of cuts in just six seconds.
With the angel buff and the Dior Brando Character Card bolstering him, Lynn's speed had already surpassed a vampire's limits (Dior was a vampire).
For the remaining three seconds, Lynn went all out. Both Boss's martial soul and Chicken Bro's martial soul joined in, relentlessly hammering Nergal's lower body.
The nine seconds passed quickly. Time resumed, and the terrifying attacks struck Nergal all at once.
Bang!
!
A violent explosion erupted instantly, and the surrounding magic circles were destroyed by the terrifying sacred power as well.
"No!!" Nergal's agonized scream echoed in everyone's ears.
"Damn angel... I curse you. The next time we meet... you will..."
"Then remember this: my name is Kayle, the Righteous!" Lynn shouted.
Anyway, if his opponent wanted to curse someone, he would curse Kayle. What did that have to do with Lynn?
[The Dior Brando Character Card has expired.] [The Flameflow Blade has been destroyed, but Archangel Michael is watching you. Your affinity with sacred beings +1.] [You have successfully banished the BOSS "Hell Lord Nergal."] [Performance rating: S] [Rewards obtained: 50 EXP, Gotham Reputation +30, One-Eyed Dragon's Beeper, Chaos Wand, Dimensional Pocket, Resurrection Card ×1.] [Player level: 6 → 7]
"Only three more levels until I unlock the System Shop, and..."
Lynn raised an eyebrow, staring intently at one of the reward items.
[Dimensional Pocket: From "Stardew Valley." Not only can it store items, it can also hold NPCs in the pocket and carry them away. Proper use can trigger special dialogue and hidden quests.]
He had been worrying about having nowhere to put the resources he had won in battle. Now, hadn't the perfect storage equipment just arrived?